Table



W. A. SNYDER.

TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1920.

1,369,199. Patented Feb. 22,1921

I a, INVENTOR WET-Ev HELP? m wILL-IAMA SNYDER, on: nos ANGELES; oaninonmaflnss-ionon or. baa-HALF EARL r. RUNIDLEAND. ANNA BUNDLE, orn OF nos ALNGELES,- CALIFORNIA! J ems; 1

To all whom it may concern: I V A Be it known that I, \VILLIAM A. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented anew and useful'Table, of which the following iS a specification:

This invention relates to devices in the form of tables to be folded so as to. takecup little room when in folded condition.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a proportionally-large table top. 1

' Another object is to make itfpossible that the top can be set horizontal while the legs are set on. a groundnot horizontal.

Another object is to make it possible that the top c'anbe set inclined as In a writing desk retaining its stable form v I 7 Another objectvisto' provide a table top swingablyengaging in approx mately halves having legs, engagingnearthis point, no

mally projecting downwardly in the direction of both ends of the complete table.

Another object isto provide legs of a table witha swinging joint at their t opends swingably engaging, with the table "top at v about the] middle to the underside of the tabletop so that, the lower ends of the legs. roject downwardl 1 in the direction e two ends of the table. r 7 t,

Another object is to provide legsy table tops, and bracing and connecting member for a table of such a form that ;.t ;he. whole table can easily beifO-ld d t the-.p'osslhly smallestbundleorpackage. f I v 7 Other objectsfwill appear from.. he,fol-

' lowing descriptionaand appended claim as well as from the accompanying drawing,"in which I Figure 1 is a perspectiveview ofjjthe whole device.

Fig. 2 is a fragn'ientary -detail side eleva tion of a slightly modified form of interconnecting the several members of the device. I 7

The table tops-3 and 4: normally consti tute in their combined form a complete table top. The two members .3 and 4 are therefore preferably interconnected by some kind of hinges or similar suitable devices 5 which allow the tops to swing one in relation to I the other, andpreferably by such devices which will allow a foldingof the tops 111' such a manner that the top surfaces come one against the other in folded", position gages in this "modified the ends"6;"and' 7 aie a suitable distance lower than the center portion '8 fTheflegs 9' and 10 are preferablymade in form era r fice fli tte t-* ZPatent-ed Fe/70.221921; Application fi1edfApri1g6,1920. Seria1 1\To .376, 58 6. A while the Itopscan also be movedlso'that I the center of the table can be raised'while frame-to operate as one. member; an 'the,

e M12 a ls ma e fom of such a frame'tobpeiatefas another single member. Such framesare arranged onefop posite to the other and interconnected by hinges or similar devices l3 'whichj-iallow'a swinging of efff mesto a d' eac .OthQ T 'One of the I frames is" then swingably en} gaged to one s of the members 3 or' 4; "in the drawingthe fr ame formed by the legs 9 and-10 isswigiigably engaged to the top v Undlr; this ianrang'em nt, the top Iii ember 45 folds over' to rest on the top member 3, the legs 9 and lO fold so as tocome; to-,.rest ag t'th un e si of he, 9Pvm I i 61Z3,

andthel'egs'll and 12 fold so as tezeome v t a' nsct "I gSIQ' and 10; Of course, the framefor'med by and 1 1cm i d f mall rft l f ith when in folded as understood or amed frain "be, smaller than the first-namedllframe long as one frame fits within' the other, to take of ,Ithe leg 16 is to be outside of s ick.

it ies thefframe forined'byzthe'legs" li and? "I2 n, as; win easily tb e. I

upper" end 117 ofth'e 'l'eg' nto make'uprsii'ch 011 s milar odifi d; term jus efer to in the 'above; The me ber iowis .b .5 th 'i' fiv y th hl g li al h j th i m fffl i ed. one lee-18 r th h nsQZ-i 1 j "Braces 23, also preferably'niadein forin of a frame, and preferably pivotally; tenin normal position. The braces 27v engage pivotallyat 28 with the legs 11 and 12 to normally serve as a support for the end 6 of the tabletop 4. The engaging block'or member 29 serves to prevent 'aslipping of the braces and to properly engage" and sup gaged 'at 24 with the legs?) and 10, serve Y the table, preferably swingably engaged-at" one end as at 31- and removably engaged'at the other end of therod', as at 32.- A cable or cord, or any other flexible member 33 is preferably provided on the cross bars as at 34 to prevent the leg: from spreading too far apart. a p

7 The whole device can be folded together in the manner described and indicated above. The tabletops 3 and 4. are preferably of the length of the legs. o

' table isnaturally ofja normal height tobe'cOmfQrtabIe and,to make this table of such normal height, the legs 9,10, 11 and 12 must naturall be longer than if vertical or nearlyvertica 'Spreadingthe le S apart in the manner as illustrated in the drawing allows naturally a corres onding length to the table tops as long as t e table tops must fold toward the legs, and this provides for a proportionally longtablerwhen consider ing the double length obtained by the double s read of the op'positel 1 arran ed legs, as Wlll easily be understoo from t e illustration.. 7

Making the several parts eto fold one within the other or practically so, when consi ering the thickness .of one member applied to the other makesiit naturally clear addition tothe thickness" of one'leg, since that: the whole device need not to .be very much thicker than the two table tops in allother legs and braces and other members are-made to fold within the space ofthe thiclmess of thelone'le'ga 'The several parts.v of this .delice ean' nat? .urally be made out of wood 101" any other suitable material, sheet metal and steel bars i would naturally allow a considerable reduction in the thickness of the device when in j folded conditiomfas will easily'beunden stood. a v

Spreadin thelegs in the manner as illustrated in t e. drawingl naturally requires means for preventing t e legs from spreading-out too, far, the members '30' and 33 being intended; for this purpose of course, slightly modified forms can easily spirit of the inventioni v Lifting the center portion of the table at members 30 Both table tops 3 and 4 then naturally come into a sloping position, the center forming the upper or higher edge of both table tops 3 and 4 While the ends (5 and T respectivelytown-the lower edgesof the be substituted Without. departing from the corresp'onding'ftops. {Such a setting of the table allows its use as Writing tables with inclined tops at opposite sides, as will easily be understood. a

Having thus described my irwentien, I claim: p

'In a tablejof the class-described, a table top consistingoiihalves having means for swingably engagingfthe, halves along the adjacent edges, one" pair a of legs having means forswingably engaging with one of the halvesfof the top ata pointnear the t engaging edges of the halves of the top, an

other pair of legs having means for swingably engaging, with the first-named legs near the engaging ,edge'sof the'top but in no r direct engagement with the top, both wardly and toward the'ends of the top for supporting the top adapted to'be folded alongside of the' underside "of one of the halves of-thetop while thetop is' folded the legs and the top, near the ends of the legs and the tops; andmeans' forsetting the legs and the top in suitablerelation to one another for forming a table, all legs and braces being located on the underside of one} o fthehalves of the top While the halves arefolded with the top surfaces coming together when the device is in folded position. In testimony thatfI claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

v WILLIAM A; SNYDER. -V t e h v. v O'rro H. KRUEGER',

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